Just realized something. When you think of what it means to be priveleged, wouldn't one consider the fact that one managed to get a meal a privelege over the meal? After all, what you ate died, right? And if you're speaking of society, are you speaking of the society of the creatures you're a member of? If I kill mice to protect my home, am I anti mouse? My home is opulent compared to a cardboard box. Is there a 'correct' perspective?
enjoyable to see your point of view, though i disagree most of it once you put it in the scale of reality and the world. The thing is the previlige are the few, those who are not does not have the ability to provide an helping hand. Lets put it this way before this self councious superior being we call human on earth. We are animal, from that its a simple "tribal" ideal with the ability to keep banding with ones are in common with one another.
I enjoyed this at the start, but it gets a bit conspiracy theory-esque... There are reasons we have schools. I kind of wanted to have a rant like this: watch?v=NRNpU5J0ySA
Pinky, the world is constantly changing, it is what it is today because we made it this way. There is no one single force controlling everything it is living breathing entity in unto itself. In time to come things will either get worse or they will get better. But when things get really bad maybe the world and the people contained within it will change their ways... or maybe not. Either way as an agent of change you can rest easy knowing that you are doing your part so take solace in that.
Because we choose to feed, provide for and defend our own we're all ANTI-this-or-that (polar bears, brown children, etc etc)?? Was this someone's attempt to compile the highest number of straw man arguments into a single video? If so... YOU WIN!
@Tinfoilnation But since in US culture you can survive without a house but not without a car, we insist that our oil is cheap, and therefore establish oppressive regimes in the Middle East and promote civil wars to gain control of oil sources which spoil the environment. Everyone makes compromises about value, but when you know what the actual cost of oil is in human lives and still pressure the government to keep prices low, you care about driving more than brown people.
pinky!--if you throw away education--i mean REAL education--you throw away all the progress, physical ethical and philosophical, that man has achieved since he became self-aware. the fact that you use logic reveals that you are a cultural descendant of the greeks.
ya life's not fair whaaaaa!! humans are not equal get over it,move on,stop whinning about the obvious,some fruits are sweeter,some trees are taller,in nature if you cant pull your own it's bye bye!! stupid ass Libtards think they can overcome human nature with their own human nature,and as long as they tried they feeeeeel better.
It's the bankers continually plundering //everything// that forces the West to constantly scramble to support a sinking middle class, by blasting smaller countries off the map, slaughtering millions of people, and condoning the subsequent slavery & theft.
If we get rid of the stinking scumbag bankers, the west will do just fine without them, and the less fortunate will quickly be able to build themselves out.
Where are the solutions? I was disappointed that this 23 minute video explained the problem (which has been explained dozens of times), talking smack on people with good intentions but that aren't doing enough, but didn't say what the alternative is. I kept wanting to ask, what is Pinky doing that's so much better? What's the solution? Where is the positive vision? Telling people how shitty they are (at their present state and stage of growth) doesn't motivate people to be different.
Capitalism is not negative if it moderated by compassion (and maybe even spirituality). I do not think what you say about volunteerism is fair -- it's good, it's only that it is in too small amounts. Think of it this way-- what would happen if everyone gave a larger portion of their time to charity? In an eight-hour work day, what if four hours were spent earning money for oneself and four were spent working for others? What would happen to poverty and homelessness?
If it was state-mandated it would be socialism or communism. I'm not saying that; I'm saying what if everyone decided (without someone forcing them) to give a significant amount of their income to fix problems in the world?
PINKY!!! It's been over a year now and still there isn't a hint or sign of any activity for this project. Is pinky still alive?Did the Pinky show get canceled and all we're left with is re-runs?
@xm377Moyocoyatzin they get activity in his website the pinky show is more that justa few videos in youtube, look in his website if you dont believe me!!!
Pinky is missing an important dynamic, that a handful of insane multitillionaire pagan psychopath necro-homo pederast inbreeds control almost every governing mechanism on our planet that counts.
These monsters have NO internal dialog that may be recognized as humane, much less a sense of shame. Their own consensus is that their genes are too superior to be considered as mere humans.
I take them at their claim, and dub them Homo Sapiens Mente Captus.
Class treason But ask Bradley manning what happens after that! Not to say it isn't the right way. But we all have to stand by those who have broken the silence to point out te Emperor is not wearing any pants.
This informative political power structure clip , BLEW my mind . I think it is unfair to say that most progressive educators would not commit class treason because they themselves would not give up their comfy tenure. On some level , Is it wrong for a educated human to reap the rewards of their own cultivation (without the cars , children or materials ) while actively helping disassemble the capitalist structure . I understand that a "college degree " is a form of elitist hierarchy but really
Hello, I found your opinions very intresting and I wanted to show this to my classmates at my highschool, I hope you don't mind... again thanks for great opinion quality and english vocabulary lessons, these both help a lot. Greetings from Zapopan/Guadalajara.
First-worlders are anti communist.... third worlders are neither pro or anti communist; they just stayed home! Only in the last 20 years have we co-opted those words to suit our new agenda.
@Totorohat The elite of the mass murdering Debt Syndicate, are exactly creating a SOVIET bureaucracy with which to run a Command Economy. Overall the American-English system, is an exact recreation of a Roman LATIFUNDIUM system. Free Enterprise Capitalism was swept away in theory in 1933, and done away with in practice in 1971.
It's a very interesting video but it sort of falls short in the end where you have a conclusion and proposed plan of action. You can't expect all the intellectual radicals in the world to join together at once and form a commune somewhere. Even if you could make that happen it wouldn't help the third worlders to have an intellectual commune somewhere inside of a faraway capitalist country.
One thing I learnt from Nietzsche is that you've got to be the bird of prey, the lion in the jungle, or the f***n' atomic bomb itself; get rich or die tryin' as 50 cent would say!
And imagine that people are starving and someone is just making videos with cats about it? Does that make sense? I decided to be part of this EVIL system, because as you could notice this ignorant system who makes bombs and jets is the one system in which children are not massively dying of hunger. So apparently they can afford it. Solutions of these problems isn't just to send money to these people, solutions is in teaching them, we have to stop being smart on the internet and go to help them!
We are all wage slaves. Taxes and inflation eat what we make and force us to work more than we might. I want to be at the point where my money is working for me, and be where I earn more than I spend, and have no debts. I think most people want to be at that point. It is called being rich. Then I'd want to fund people to become Montessori teachers, and establish such schools that developed critical thinkers and debaters.
Before you dis capitalism, I think you need to look at: "The Money Masters"; "Money as Debt"; "The Creature from Jekyll Island"; "Empire of the City": "America: from Freedom to Fascism"; and "The Secret of Oz". The problem isn't capitalism, but monopolistic and other concentrations of wealth and power that overwhelm democracy. Capitalism is good to a point, but unlimited capital power of corporations is not.
@neanam you can tell pinky is a fat lesbo from Hawaii lol.............if she had some inductive reasoning she would realize the fate of Hawaii without American influences and would understand that the Japanese would have eradicated the indigenous population or turned them into slaves. the climate is too "pro human" for inherit evolution thus hindering the natural population of Hawaii to defend it self from outsiders and should be grateful that America was the one that colonized it.
Your right, going to college only benefits personal needs. But like Pinky said there are some who's goal or major resorts to helping others like charity work or recycling the planet. Is there nothing we do that's morally right? or enough to save our planet? lol
It Does take years to change a system, but right now we can work on the little things, one step at a time. Anyway someday parts of America will have no choice but to undergo a new system, so enjoy this one while you can.
There is no such thing as "class treason". People helping people to the best of their abilities has been going on for a very long time. The old devolved ideologies that this video presents are why it is hard to progress to a higher standard of living around the world. Think for yourself, make a change, don't listen to the obvious contradictions that exist within this animation, and be progressive. A lot of things do not work and the options this gives us will not either.
@marky412baby Class treason has been a pivotal theme in many cultures. Siddhartha Gautama, St Francis of Assisi, and the mahatma Gandhi are some of the more famous and outspoken people who turned away from the opportunities afforded by class and towards compassion, understanding and freedom.
Funny I was thinking the something about college, after I graduated I was thinking to myself I can't believe how much it cost and yet u have Friends who didn't even attend college making 6 figures...
5 trillion stars for this video. Too bad this video couldn't be on Saturday mornings for the children. Forget adults. The majority are brain dead. Our universities need to rethink their criteria for grad students. Too many grads don't have a clue. And you're right. Most are self centered and egotistical. Peace to ya, Pinky and friends!
Poor makes more babies than they can feed they also have a higher infant mortality rate.
Poor would be just like the rich if they were rich, people are people rich or poor.
Planet is overpopulated so if your truly worried about humanity you should stop worrying about people dying and be more worried about people not dying.This is also the main reason everyone cannot live a higher standard of living and the disparity keeps growing. Try to sell that to a public though...
I love that you guys ask more questions, instead of giving people bland statistics that dont mean a damn thing. Please keep up the good work keeping the kids off the political crack we call the broad media.
You know there is a debate on global warming right? They just want to tax us for carbon we produce. There is evidence the polar caps on Mars are melting too.
I beleve that people are gregarious by nature and will form up "functional" groups and ostracize those who don't (can't?) contribute to a common goal. I also believe that people are different and their intelligence, talent, motivation, ambitions, looks, health etc may be molded by their environment and experience. These 2 give rise to the "clumping" Penny describes and I don't agree that this is hilarious, only natural. In broad enough strokes, this gives rise to classes.
That common goal is always related to the survival of the group and because of the differences of people, that many different conflicting goals have to resolved for the group to be successful. The larger the group, the more varied the goals and the smaller the chance for a resolution of conflicting goals. In the end, indoctrination is always employed as one of the tool to resolve this conflict. Other tools exist also, education, reward, fear mongering to name but a few.
The concept of "class treason" or for one party of a group to work against the effectiveness of that group because the existence of that group is unfair needs to be broached in terms of why that group's existence is unfair through the weighing of pros and cons. I don't feel the "pro" was sufficiently looked and my feedback is that that lack influences my opinion towards this video being a very well crafted and well intended hate indoctrination video.
I can't help it, I really dig you guys. I'm pleased to say I failed at the education system so there's a lot of stuff I don't have to deal with. And I hear my own thoughts echoed in yours. People pretty much are conditioned out of critical thinking which means that those of us who can still do it are under an even greater obligation. Anyway, I figured a while ago that the Profit and Loss paradigm is the one that causes all the trouble. A good brainstorm: What effect does P&L have on our world?
I have some issues with this instalment: the attention aimed at women (who reinforce but are not the power-brokers in the system) and the focus on personal change (too-minimally challenged), and the trashing of theory. But most of all, the absence of class consciousness -- "all classes of people just looking out for ...their own interests"??? WTF? Pinky just presumed a level playing field? OK, at just short of 18 minutes, it gets better. Still hate the invisibilizing of working-class people.
@shermankim777 Seals eat fish. When there are more seals the fish get fewer and some seals starve (the slow and dumb ones) which means the fish can recover. In time a new equilibrium is reached. Nature is flexible, not a house of cards. Things change, but don't stop. People worry too much because the media tell them to. :)
it recall me that the sturcture of my society and the problems that made,as a global citizen what can we act in your daily life is much more important question,can you share your experience to me?
YOU can not just transform truth into whatever you what...geez that would just be stupid ( rolling eyes). There is more to it than that...... geez dont you know that..
YOU can not just transform truth into whatever you what...geez that would just be stupid ( rolling eyes). There is more to it than that...... geez dont you know that...lol
Excellent social commentary. To be honest, I'd be content living on a farm, writing books and playing guitar all day with just the bare necessities of life.
@CrystalHunter1989: How many solely self sustaining subsistence farmers do you know have time to write books? They spend a majority of their time cultivating food, then spend the rest of their time cultivating excess food to aquire the bare necessities of life.
Industrialization is the cultural evolution of a world integrated society. Its what enables the world to sustain 7 billion people. Its not a perfect system, but it developed out of key problems the ideal of class treason doesn't address.
So would most, I'd guess - I sure would. Too bad for property taxes and the strategic limiting of energy alternatives...
People must establish activities and lifestyles that exist as separate from the imposed regimen, and that do not require any input or assistance from those attempting to forcefully cultivate debt-based consuming laborers.
But - people are naturally NATURAL, and I think they're aware that the imposed system is unhealthy, unsustainable, and unenjoyable.
@CrystalHunter1989 It'd be nice if a self sustaining farm left you time to afford such luxuries as writing books and playing guitar all day. I don't think you've thought through what work it would take to be truely self sustaining. I think we've lost sight of how much we truely benefit from such an advanced society as ours. A pencil, paper, and guitar don't qualify as 'bare necesities'. Water, food, shelter, and clothing, take a lot more effort than you think to sustain the existence of.
We are are individuals working according to our impulses and thoughts, be they self-interest, altruism or some combination of both. Institutions within society are not all at fault nor are they all blameless because they are not simple entities. Class treason is not truly possible since there is no obvious class and neither can you truly get out of what class there is. There is no way to escape the inherent flaws of humanity or human society because we're all human. (Good show, btw.)
This seems a rather simplistic way of looking at the horrors of the world. In fact, there seems to be a contradiction: people cannot be constantly self-interested AND non-thinking/critical. The truth is much more subtle, I think. We are all part of the "system" - no one can be outside of the system enough to not have their thinking affected by it - but the complicated part is that there really is NO system. There's no common goal made by all or even the majority.
Classification and categorization is a counter-productive attribute? That's pretty much the most important way our brains work. We organize, therefore we think. Yes, classification separates but it also makes the external data manageable.
Maybe you study medicine/engineering or some set of skills which will help people around the world. I doubt you'll find many AIDs vaccine researchers who didn't go to college.
daisy seemed to be reading a book whilst talking. a particularly spectral presence in this spectral episode.
In their list of class traeason they left out one of its most virulent forms, the International Solidarity Movement, where people go to stand between the oppressed and the guns and bombs and bulldozers aimed at them. Like Rachel Corrie, whom you could google.
oh she said anti-brown children, but its a cat. heres a thing with 7:00 is it neccsary for students to listen to somebody talk & lecture. ANY subject can be partially learned through books, don't under-estimate the power of the written word.
i like the cat with one eye, what he says makes alot of sense
The criticism of university is a tricky subject. While it may be valid, college is often the place that people discover the imbalances that exist in the world. Those that don't go to college are, from my experience, the most likely to have blind faith in the existing system. The post-war generation was the first were a significant percentage went to college. This is the generation that started thinking like this program, and seriously questioned the Vietnam war.
@Libertyjack1 University is often the place that PRIVILEGED people discover the imbalances that exist. Those that don't go to college are primarily from marginalized groups who are well aware of the imbalances, for example, that which makes higher education something that is restricted to those who already have class privilege. They can not even choose to have faith in the existing system, because they are the least likely to have ever seen it work to their advantage.
And what is with the hollowed out comment about inner city crime? (I hear you snoring) that is the Same thought processes that perpetuate uneven landscapes and wrong doing, while you looking in the mirror and telling yourself that you are intelligent but in reality you don't have a clue as I stand strunken and minute on the floor next to the table where you and yours keep gorging your self on the lion share. I struggle for scraps, the scraps create the need for crime.
This sort of movement will take great courage that most will never dream of having or displaying. The current system of societal and governmental operations has consisted of the fundemental Genocide of the Native people and has continued unhindered, while reservations, ghettos, suburbs, and racial steering are the actions of Jim Crow America gone delta force (rouge, and off the grid). Poverty, and scapegoating are functional. It will take drastic individual sacrifice to see real change.
Very closely argued thank you. I like how you challenge or question the "left" opponents of corporate hegemony that work from within these institutions. I never understood why how Noam Chomsky could work within the dominant paradigm, namely MIT, and still retain any sincerity and commitment to his ideas.
But apart from posting cartoons on youtube and/or keeping a blog and/or writing articles for left-wing websites (which I do) what are us yupee left-wingers with jobs supposed to do?
The most interesting part was the alternative educational system ideas... but this is not a fresh idea and as they kind of admit at the end they haven't put any breakthrough ideas about it in this episode..
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Yeah Pinky....needs a LOT more work. As much as I would love to live in the world you want to create, there would always be the snake getting into the garden. It's human nature to compete, to win, to perform better then others. No matter what you teach, it's in our DNA and would raise it's ugly head sooner or later...sorry :(
But don't stop dreaming just because it'll never happen.
And that's only ONE of a MYRIAD of fundamental assumptions that everybody (privileged) relies on to live day to day in comfort.
Challenging those ideas is intellectually very fascinating, but to eliminate the detrimental framework of misguided values in society, you will encounter fanatical resistance, because people build whole lives of material comforts and pleasures at the benefit of those.
I don't know what to do to change peoples' values, but it seems like it's something really important.
... like, if you can't own land, then you can't own the tree on that land, and you can't own the fruit on that tree. If no one owns it, then who gets to eat it? How can you decide fairly, and without resorting back to violence, and then building the system all over again under which people own things based on their ability to keep it to themselves?
We've decided you can't own humans, but other life is still ownable: the tree, and the fruit. Say you eat the fruit. Then do you own it?
Unless you distribute the fruit trees evenly, there will be fighting over who owns more fruit trees....
Fighting over property occur both when a culture owns property, and when they don't (native tribes still fought).
Fighting occurs when a culture teaches that ownership of property is more important than other human beings, and it occurs when someone fails to recognize the human rights of others, when someone sees another as different and deserving of violence.
(inued) The notion that people can own things is such a fundamental assumption that a huge majority of people never even think about what owning something means. And, well... What does it mean to own something, anyway? You're capable of keeping it to yourself while defending it from others by means of violence and coercion? Sure, today in the USA we have the police to do that defending for us. But then if you reject the notion of ownership, all sorts of problems arise...
To actually inspire the kind of positive change that we are fantasizing about would require people to question things that are such fundamental assumptions in their every day life that doubting them as something good or necessary is very difficult, maybe even psychologically damaging, initially, and that act of questioning is almost always immediately rejected as ridiculous, philosophical and useless, unrelated to the realities of life. For example (cont)
I'm so torn between thinking that social change for the better of the world (all life, and even non-living things) is impossible; or, thinking how imminently possible it is. It's like, we're SO close to being good people who live in a sustainable natural environment and don't hurt and destroy each other, or other things... And all we have to do is change everything about what we value and how we behave.
I know that the way to making a better and more egalitarian world is for individuals to be better and more egalitarian. No one can impose fairness and empathy and selflessness and cooperation. For societies to have those qualities, each individual in the society has to have those qualities.
The problem, of course, is that you can't rely on people to help someone else at the expense of their own comforts and conveniences. Greed is consistent. You can rely on it.
There is a constant evolution of thought in all of earth's habitants. But no single person or group can force the rest of our world to live in a society which is beyond our current development.
Only when the majority is ready for it, will the global situation change Pinky. Till then we can all help, but we can not force...
just a thought. darwin was cited many times in this conversation. darwin was just another boy trying to impress his forebearers, in my opinion, he was not as couragous as we may think.
"Crime is minimum in the country side because the people have the right to bear arms". i disagree. there is more opportunity for humanity within a 'countryside'. More 'wonderment' more joy. Those whom i have met within inner cities dont see joy and beauty as 'we' do.
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@TheTruthHurts732 Yes, they do The chunks of ice that they use in traveling to be able to rest melt and they are forced to swim in the open ocean so long, that they can't rest and down For instance, if you made a person swim out in the ocean or had them tread water, with no where to swim to, to take a rest, they'll drown
@TheTruth... What z90Oo... says is right. The polar caps are melting like they never did before.
The way polar bears hunt is waiting until seals stick their head through a breathing hole. Seals can't swim under water without taking a breath every 15 min. or so. Thus, when there's more ice than water, the breathing hole is a life saver.
But what happens when the ice is gone and there are no breathing holes needed? Polar bears starve or swim for days, until they drown at sea!
How about a voluntary society, a gift economy, resources used to feed, clothe and shelter everyone first and foremost. Volunteer teachers and students, both are there to share and learn.
A central job bank to dispatch work assignments. Short terms like a year or less, short work days like four or five hours and banked hours earns access to more perks like bigger dwellings, skiing holidays and the like.
Have closet sized sleeping rooms for all and food dispensers for nutritious subsistence
Things have been so weird lately, what with growing up... I need videos like this to remind me that even in the egotistical teens, I don't have to be the victim of a materialistic world.
You're a unique voice in so many ways Pinky. Even if people agree or disagree, you're still making people think and talk about the situation at hand. It's an engaging argument. Bravo.
there is way of thinking that has been dulled over time. i thank the creators of this short who have reinvigorated thoughts of my own as a younger person. thoughts that led me to leave university after a few months of attending that dance. as awe inspiring as it was, filled with; beauty, peril, love and joy, it left a spot within my heart not soon forgoten. Classify as some of you may, justify actions as some of you will, please only remember that hope never dies, it only hopes.
i would say this is bordering on communism but then i don't exactly agree in democracy either. someone reply to both my comments plz. im confused. WHAT DO WE DO???
@xxCesarxxOJxx Dumb is a point of view and it's also created Someone who is "dumb" is a victim of the system Same as someone who believes their smart, is also a victim, in thinking that they are brighter, since it was due to advantages they have and things they were taught, or had the ability to see None of us are actually "smart" nor "dumb" You can be ignorant, or perhaps arrogant, or just not care That doesn't make you stupid
nope we are all human ,stupid and ignorant til the end. except the privilidged few which have to suffer the incompitence and after effects of the ignorant.
That concept of classes instantly dehumanizes, suddenly its justified to disregard the feelings and ideas [ and someday, who knows, physical integrity] of some people ,because bah, they're part of that malevolent class. Another way of dehumanizing is to promote the "brainwash", to say that people are acting this way because they were "trained" that way, robots, drones. Class treason is part of class struggle and some adepts of those concepts will excuse violent acts, calling it "doing something"
Hopefully you are not assuming that does not go on already, be it in the form of acceptable "collateral damage" in resource plunder (unless it was purely accidental that the U.S. rewrote Iraqi law to let foreign business raid the nation), or in acceptable death tolls due to air pollution (16k+ per annum in Canada). While the bottom or the middle may not believe in class or class warfare, the top is always busy fighting it.
Capitalism is incompatible because it requires shrewd behavior on the corporations part of always producing high profit margins. . It doesn't matter if something is produced in the US or in The Philippines , labor us cheapr in Philippines but just because company "A" now manufactures products in a new place you are assuming they will lower cost of goods or keep goods cheap, you are sadly mistaken. You don't win they do , by giving them selves new raises and increasing there stock value.
Capitalism is incompatible with justice and compassion, but you don't elaborate on why you believe this is true (I don't necessarily disagree). The statement implies that non-capitalistic systems are naturally just and compassionate, but I tend to think human nature subverts any "system." Excellent video.
@Barnekkid They probably mean that Capitalism is unfair, because of the idea that it's all for you And, they mention capitalism, to my guess, because it's probably the most influential system in the world ... Hence why America is called "The land of oppertunity" You have a slim chance of becoming that perfect citizen with the white picket fence, two kids, a dog and a few cars, through the work and buying and consuming then dieing Which in turn, others decide to copy cuz America is "rich"
While you ponder the answer, Obama is becoming Bush X 1.5 and has just cleared the Bush Torturers of wrongdoing and the Reich Wing is becoming very sophisticated in its use of media to assassinate its opponents, figuratively. They don't need to use real bullets anymore it seems. Suggestion: identify your enemies and smear them with creative media techniques. Disseminate the smear widely. But recall, Fox News is VERY popular.
The world is a harsh place and we humans survived the wild by cooperating with each other, starting with small groups. Basically socialism was the key to survival when it comes to small groups, but since we today live in gigantic groups of millions, other large groups have become a "liability" to the groups survival.
Simply put, we humans are still a bunch of animals willing to kill others to keep our SUV's and Iphones, thinking this will ensure our survivability... and this will never change!
@Smirnoff71 Our environment xploits our "survival" instinct In the end, we're all only actually scared of humiliation, and starvation In otherwards, mental and physical torture You don't have enough money to eat, you'll starve If everyone around you has more then you, you're humiliated It's not actually about that cell, car, house It's all about being degraded to where everyone seems to think you're worthless Which can change, because we DO have enough to feed all people ect
@ z90Oo... Our environment will exploit your vices and most of the time, this has nothing to do with survival and that's the problem with western civilizations.
We're bombarded by advertisements our whole life, starting as an invent. We are conditioned to believe lies and mistrust the truth and in the process lose our ability to distinguish what we want or what we NEED!
If you're unable to support the group, you're a "liability"! It's barbaric, but that's seems to be universal force of nature!
Why is it a universal force of nature? Animals really are in a envoirnment that contains scarcity Humans, have been able to "evolve" or learn whatever ideaological metaphor you want to use, to be able to create abundance for all of us, yet, we with hold it generally from those who need it most Under the assumption that they are worthless and deserve to die
Not only this, but even if you don't have this belief and you think people are equal, you're forced to live in a system, which essentially makes you a unintentional murderer and xploiter, based on the fact that you need money for actual needs (water, food, shelter ect) and wants so you can feel like you're privledged
Take any ideology and you'll see that the universal force of nature is having it's effects. In religion, politics and economics it is always about the one beating the other. And doing so, hoping to ensure the survival of the most fit.
People that do not have a positive effect on the group's survivability will perish and you can see that in every species.
Helping every soul in need only seems to worsen the human effect on our planet, because they all want a TV and see commercials and sitcoms!
Personally, even though I myself am religious, or at least raised under that doctrination, I think both religion, politics and economics are BS They all unfortunately support the system that causes the issues we all hate and talk about for forever - I think that's why Darwinism is pushed to much now in schools It's so people can say "Well, they weren't born with a pretty nose, so they suck and will die" It's BS and only furthers propoganda True animals may have this, but we're not them, we're us
Good video, lots of interesting social comment, but.....
"drowning Polar Bears" ????
Polar bears can swim. They can swim for miles and miles. What is making them drown?
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I agree on points about humanity, hunger, education, etc. However, the polar bear population is growing not shrinking and I haven't heard of any polar bears drowning -- except here.
@ThunderDog97 The ice is melting, polar bears used those peices of ice in the water to rest on and then continue their journey If they have nothing to take a break on, and are forced to keep swimming longer then they physically can, they'll drown
I hear your point and appreciate that there may be a rare time when this may happen. Animals die due to mistakes they make from time to time and I will not argue that point.
However;
1) Polar bears are known to be able to swim for 60 miles in one go.
2) Polar bear population has grown from 5,000 to 25,000 in the last couple decades.
P.S. - I am against polluting the earth beyond all recognition.
Having said that; I am also against any group using propaganda to achieve financial gains - a la "Man-made climate change" to tax the masses.
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Make the biggest offenders - Corporations - pay for the cleanup of the mess that they have made globally. They seem to have a lot of money to buy politicians, let them pay for the cleanup of the planet instead.
Oh, really? That I didn't know All I know is that the polar bears have drowned The increase in population maybe a direct result of that Polar bears see the decline in their speices and try to mate like rabbits to compensate for losses
I totally agree with making the corporations cleanup for the messes they cause, but here's the thing, they profit off of those messes They don't care, they're not going to All they think of is instant gratification and profit, no matter what the cost
pinky more videos whats going on
TheMakerHimself 1 week ago
Just realized something. When you think of what it means to be priveleged, wouldn't one consider the fact that one managed to get a meal a privelege over the meal? After all, what you ate died, right? And if you're speaking of society, are you speaking of the society of the creatures you're a member of? If I kill mice to protect my home, am I anti mouse? My home is opulent compared to a cardboard box. Is there a 'correct' perspective?
RichardRoy2 3 months ago
When is pinky making a new video?
TevitaDiary 5 months ago 3
@TevitaDiary yeah she's been away for a while now
Wolfsbane909 5 months ago
enjoyable to see your point of view, though i disagree most of it once you put it in the scale of reality and the world. The thing is the previlige are the few, those who are not does not have the ability to provide an helping hand. Lets put it this way before this self councious superior being we call human on earth. We are animal, from that its a simple "tribal" ideal with the ability to keep banding with ones are in common with one another.
TimeManInJail 6 months ago
I enjoyed this at the start, but it gets a bit conspiracy theory-esque... There are reasons we have schools. I kind of wanted to have a rant like this: watch?v=NRNpU5J0ySA
Frederickg27 7 months ago
Pinky, the world is constantly changing, it is what it is today because we made it this way. There is no one single force controlling everything it is living breathing entity in unto itself. In time to come things will either get worse or they will get better. But when things get really bad maybe the world and the people contained within it will change their ways... or maybe not. Either way as an agent of change you can rest easy knowing that you are doing your part so take solace in that.
abetterplayer 8 months ago
Because we choose to feed, provide for and defend our own we're all ANTI-this-or-that (polar bears, brown children, etc etc)?? Was this someone's attempt to compile the highest number of straw man arguments into a single video? If so... YOU WIN!
Tinfoilnation 8 months ago
@Tinfoilnation But since in US culture you can survive without a house but not without a car, we insist that our oil is cheap, and therefore establish oppressive regimes in the Middle East and promote civil wars to gain control of oil sources which spoil the environment. Everyone makes compromises about value, but when you know what the actual cost of oil is in human lives and still pressure the government to keep prices low, you care about driving more than brown people.
glocksout 6 months ago
You can't force people to help. You must inspire! Damn you PINKY!
riethc 8 months ago
pinky!--if you throw away education--i mean REAL education--you throw away all the progress, physical ethical and philosophical, that man has achieved since he became self-aware. the fact that you use logic reveals that you are a cultural descendant of the greeks.
moonbeamchaos 9 months ago
@moonbeamchaos what is real education for u????
stjimy 8 months ago
again you guyz ROCK!!! mahalo
ponosize 10 months ago
ya life's not fair whaaaaa!! humans are not equal get over it,move on,stop whinning about the obvious,some fruits are sweeter,some trees are taller,in nature if you cant pull your own it's bye bye!! stupid ass Libtards think they can overcome human nature with their own human nature,and as long as they tried they feeeeeel better.
davetileguy 10 months ago
It's the bankers continually plundering //everything// that forces the West to constantly scramble to support a sinking middle class, by blasting smaller countries off the map, slaughtering millions of people, and condoning the subsequent slavery & theft.
If we get rid of the stinking scumbag bankers, the west will do just fine without them, and the less fortunate will quickly be able to build themselves out.
centurion180ad 10 months ago
Where are the solutions? I was disappointed that this 23 minute video explained the problem (which has been explained dozens of times), talking smack on people with good intentions but that aren't doing enough, but didn't say what the alternative is. I kept wanting to ask, what is Pinky doing that's so much better? What's the solution? Where is the positive vision? Telling people how shitty they are (at their present state and stage of growth) doesn't motivate people to be different.
FilmsForAction 10 months ago
Capitalism is not negative if it moderated by compassion (and maybe even spirituality). I do not think what you say about volunteerism is fair -- it's good, it's only that it is in too small amounts. Think of it this way-- what would happen if everyone gave a larger portion of their time to charity? In an eight-hour work day, what if four hours were spent earning money for oneself and four were spent working for others? What would happen to poverty and homelessness?
Strangeyoshi 11 months ago
@Strangeyoshi so the that is not capitalism will be socialism and that is comunism for the american people in general!!!
stjimy 11 months ago
@stjimy
If it was state-mandated it would be socialism or communism. I'm not saying that; I'm saying what if everyone decided (without someone forcing them) to give a significant amount of their income to fix problems in the world?
Strangeyoshi 11 months ago
PINKY!!! It's been over a year now and still there isn't a hint or sign of any activity for this project. Is pinky still alive?Did the Pinky show get canceled and all we're left with is re-runs?
xm377Moyocoyatzin 11 months ago
@xm377Moyocoyatzin they get activity in his website the pinky show is more that justa few videos in youtube, look in his website if you dont believe me!!!
stjimy 11 months ago
Pinky is missing an important dynamic, that a handful of insane multitillionaire pagan psychopath necro-homo pederast inbreeds control almost every governing mechanism on our planet that counts.
These monsters have NO internal dialog that may be recognized as humane, much less a sense of shame. Their own consensus is that their genes are too superior to be considered as mere humans.
I take them at their claim, and dub them Homo Sapiens Mente Captus.
centurion180ad 11 months ago
Class treason But ask Bradley manning what happens after that! Not to say it isn't the right way. But we all have to stand by those who have broken the silence to point out te Emperor is not wearing any pants.
doNOTvoteCAMPAIGN 1 year ago
SECTOR 4 LEAK! DANGER!! PROTECTIVE OUTER WEAR AGAINST THE TRUTH SHOULD BE WORN AT ALL TIMES! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
Zaphod4100 1 year ago
I hope to see more of your videos! Keep on making them please, you do a really good job. Thanks
kay486 1 year ago
This informative political power structure clip , BLEW my mind . I think it is unfair to say that most progressive educators would not commit class treason because they themselves would not give up their comfy tenure. On some level , Is it wrong for a educated human to reap the rewards of their own cultivation (without the cars , children or materials ) while actively helping disassemble the capitalist structure . I understand that a "college degree " is a form of elitist hierarchy but really
spankbandit 1 year ago
Way cool!
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JEANINEELEANOR 1 year ago
PINKY!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!! 10 MONTHS IS A VERY LONG CAT NAP!!!
xm377Moyocoyatzin 1 year ago 23
@xm377Moyocoyatzin you can ask her personally in his web site!!!
stjimy 8 months ago
Hello, I found your opinions very intresting and I wanted to show this to my classmates at my highschool, I hope you don't mind... again thanks for great opinion quality and english vocabulary lessons, these both help a lot. Greetings from Zapopan/Guadalajara.
planplo 1 year ago
First-worlders are anti communist.... third worlders are neither pro or anti communist; they just stayed home! Only in the last 20 years have we co-opted those words to suit our new agenda.
Totorohat 1 year ago
@Totorohat The elite of the mass murdering Debt Syndicate, are exactly creating a SOVIET bureaucracy with which to run a Command Economy. Overall the American-English system, is an exact recreation of a Roman LATIFUNDIUM system. Free Enterprise Capitalism was swept away in theory in 1933, and done away with in practice in 1971.
centurion180ad 1 year ago
Bunny has a Hawaiian accent.
iKnowYouSeeThis 1 year ago
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Hmmm that's weird... Bunny is from LA and Pinky is from Honalulu (is that how you spell it? meh...) apparently.
Portubella12458 1 year ago
It's a very interesting video but it sort of falls short in the end where you have a conclusion and proposed plan of action. You can't expect all the intellectual radicals in the world to join together at once and form a commune somewhere. Even if you could make that happen it wouldn't help the third worlders to have an intellectual commune somewhere inside of a faraway capitalist country.
comixthomas 1 year ago
One thing I learnt from Nietzsche is that you've got to be the bird of prey, the lion in the jungle, or the f***n' atomic bomb itself; get rich or die tryin' as 50 cent would say!
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qazswwers 1 year ago
-:/ I'm privileged! But I still wonder how to change... Stupidcat... Lol
SUPERJAILrockz11 1 year ago
Odd, I remeber lots of people saying that USA is having phoney capitalism, not actual capitalism.....
Denon3333 1 year ago
And imagine that people are starving and someone is just making videos with cats about it? Does that make sense? I decided to be part of this EVIL system, because as you could notice this ignorant system who makes bombs and jets is the one system in which children are not massively dying of hunger. So apparently they can afford it. Solutions of these problems isn't just to send money to these people, solutions is in teaching them, we have to stop being smart on the internet and go to help them!
PrivateJokerCZ 1 year ago
i love this show! :D
Evilbunnykatzen 1 year ago
We are all wage slaves. Taxes and inflation eat what we make and force us to work more than we might. I want to be at the point where my money is working for me, and be where I earn more than I spend, and have no debts. I think most people want to be at that point. It is called being rich. Then I'd want to fund people to become Montessori teachers, and establish such schools that developed critical thinkers and debaters.
busysaru888 1 year ago
@busysaru888
im not
sjmeerkees 1 year ago
Before you dis capitalism, I think you need to look at: "The Money Masters"; "Money as Debt"; "The Creature from Jekyll Island"; "Empire of the City": "America: from Freedom to Fascism"; and "The Secret of Oz". The problem isn't capitalism, but monopolistic and other concentrations of wealth and power that overwhelm democracy. Capitalism is good to a point, but unlimited capital power of corporations is not.
busysaru888 1 year ago
to the end part, after 20 minutes, clap clap with a pat on the back!
Hrel88 1 year ago
Why dont pinky drop more video
neanam 1 year ago
@neanam you can tell pinky is a fat lesbo from Hawaii lol.............if she had some inductive reasoning she would realize the fate of Hawaii without American influences and would understand that the Japanese would have eradicated the indigenous population or turned them into slaves. the climate is too "pro human" for inherit evolution thus hindering the natural population of Hawaii to defend it self from outsiders and should be grateful that America was the one that colonized it.
alexisawsomeya 1 year ago
Your right, going to college only benefits personal needs. But like Pinky said there are some who's goal or major resorts to helping others like charity work or recycling the planet. Is there nothing we do that's morally right? or enough to save our planet? lol
It Does take years to change a system, but right now we can work on the little things, one step at a time. Anyway someday parts of America will have no choice but to undergo a new system, so enjoy this one while you can.
ZOA360 1 year ago
There is no such thing as "class treason". People helping people to the best of their abilities has been going on for a very long time. The old devolved ideologies that this video presents are why it is hard to progress to a higher standard of living around the world. Think for yourself, make a change, don't listen to the obvious contradictions that exist within this animation, and be progressive. A lot of things do not work and the options this gives us will not either.
marky412baby 1 year ago
@marky412baby Class treason has been a pivotal theme in many cultures. Siddhartha Gautama, St Francis of Assisi, and the mahatma Gandhi are some of the more famous and outspoken people who turned away from the opportunities afforded by class and towards compassion, understanding and freedom.
kokopelli314 1 year ago
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Kirbynessness 1 year ago
i need to make an essay about structure and agency,, i need good bibliography... anyone ????
tiburcio9999 1 year ago
The leading paragraphs were a bit too wordy and indulgent but this is one of the best videos on youtube.
canaan1967 1 year ago
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canaan1967 1 year ago
Funny I was thinking the something about college, after I graduated I was thinking to myself I can't believe how much it cost and yet u have Friends who didn't even attend college making 6 figures...
CardinalRaker 1 year ago
5 trillion stars for this video. Too bad this video couldn't be on Saturday mornings for the children. Forget adults. The majority are brain dead. Our universities need to rethink their criteria for grad students. Too many grads don't have a clue. And you're right. Most are self centered and egotistical. Peace to ya, Pinky and friends!
NWOrDREGS 1 year ago
Just want to say that I agree with all that the Pinky Show represents. TY Pinky Show!
NWOrDREGS 1 year ago
Poor makes more babies than they can feed they also have a higher infant mortality rate.
Poor would be just like the rich if they were rich, people are people rich or poor.
Planet is overpopulated so if your truly worried about humanity you should stop worrying about people dying and be more worried about people not dying.This is also the main reason everyone cannot live a higher standard of living and the disparity keeps growing. Try to sell that to a public though...
droper66 1 year ago
I love you, are you single?
wudidiz 1 year ago
Pinky you say it for me ...............Thank you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ruttit 1 year ago
I love that you guys ask more questions, instead of giving people bland statistics that dont mean a damn thing. Please keep up the good work keeping the kids off the political crack we call the broad media.
nowaxtheory 1 year ago
LUCID
comaradella 1 year ago
You know there is a debate on global warming right? They just want to tax us for carbon we produce. There is evidence the polar caps on Mars are melting too.
usmchutch 1 year ago
I love your channel and videos I think theyre so cool. I hope youll keep putting stuff out!
FashienableChannel 1 year ago
Pinky we (all in this world) we need work a lot!!!
stjimy 1 year ago
This sounds a bit like Freire. Im getting into this.
oldakustikblues 1 year ago
I beleve that people are gregarious by nature and will form up "functional" groups and ostracize those who don't (can't?) contribute to a common goal. I also believe that people are different and their intelligence, talent, motivation, ambitions, looks, health etc may be molded by their environment and experience. These 2 give rise to the "clumping" Penny describes and I don't agree that this is hilarious, only natural. In broad enough strokes, this gives rise to classes.
phil30k 1 year ago
That common goal is always related to the survival of the group and because of the differences of people, that many different conflicting goals have to resolved for the group to be successful. The larger the group, the more varied the goals and the smaller the chance for a resolution of conflicting goals. In the end, indoctrination is always employed as one of the tool to resolve this conflict. Other tools exist also, education, reward, fear mongering to name but a few.
phil30k 1 year ago
The concept of "class treason" or for one party of a group to work against the effectiveness of that group because the existence of that group is unfair needs to be broached in terms of why that group's existence is unfair through the weighing of pros and cons. I don't feel the "pro" was sufficiently looked and my feedback is that that lack influences my opinion towards this video being a very well crafted and well intended hate indoctrination video.
phil30k 1 year ago
I can't help it, I really dig you guys. I'm pleased to say I failed at the education system so there's a lot of stuff I don't have to deal with. And I hear my own thoughts echoed in yours. People pretty much are conditioned out of critical thinking which means that those of us who can still do it are under an even greater obligation. Anyway, I figured a while ago that the Profit and Loss paradigm is the one that causes all the trouble. A good brainstorm: What effect does P&L have on our world?
NusunusuChris 1 year ago
i love Daisy :)
TianWuJie 1 year ago
Sorry 'bout the triple post. Wasn't letting me see that it posted!
MeganMackin 1 year ago
I have some issues with this instalment: the attention aimed at women (who reinforce but are not the power-brokers in the system) and the focus on personal change (too-minimally challenged), and the trashing of theory. But most of all, the absence of class consciousness -- "all classes of people just looking out for ...their own interests"??? WTF? Pinky just presumed a level playing field? OK, at just short of 18 minutes, it gets better. Still hate the invisibilizing of working-class people.
MeganMackin 1 year ago 3
@MeganMackin Comment replied to at Pinky Show blog (April 28, 2010 entry) at the Pinky Show website. Thank you for your comment. Bunny.
pinkyshow 1 year ago
@pinkyshow no more video's pinky?
slimithy12 11 months ago
@pinkyshow PINKY COME BACK!!
oldhacks 11 months ago
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MeganMackin 1 year ago
like poetry , love you pinky and bunnie
comaradella 1 year ago
LittlePussi = idioticFuckwad
konopelli 1 year ago
Not everybody likes Polar-Bears. Seals for example, can't stand them. More global warming, fewer Polar-Bears, more happy Seals!
LittlPussi 1 year ago
@LittlPussi then there will be too many seals and then what ever the seals eat, there wont be enough so then the whole system collapes
shermankim777 1 year ago
@shermankim777 Seals eat fish. When there are more seals the fish get fewer and some seals starve (the slow and dumb ones) which means the fish can recover. In time a new equilibrium is reached. Nature is flexible, not a house of cards. Things change, but don't stop. People worry too much because the media tell them to. :)
LittlPussi 1 year ago
human nature at work
Jigrael 1 year ago
i like this video
it recall me that the sturcture of my society and the problems that made,as a global citizen what can we act in your daily life is much more important question,can you share your experience to me?
tllfhsh 1 year ago
YOU can not just transform truth into whatever you what...geez that would just be stupid ( rolling eyes). There is more to it than that...... geez dont you know that..
ManekiNeko28 1 year ago
YOU can not just transform truth into whatever you what...geez that would be like ahhhhhhh...stupid ( rolling eyes).
ManekiNeko28 1 year ago
YOU can not just transform truth into whatever you what...geez that would just be stupid ( rolling eyes). There is more to it than that...... geez dont you know that...lol
ManekiNeko28 1 year ago
Excellent social commentary. To be honest, I'd be content living on a farm, writing books and playing guitar all day with just the bare necessities of life.
CrystalHunter1989 1 year ago 17
@CrystalHunter1989: How many solely self sustaining subsistence farmers do you know have time to write books? They spend a majority of their time cultivating food, then spend the rest of their time cultivating excess food to aquire the bare necessities of life.
Industrialization is the cultural evolution of a world integrated society. Its what enables the world to sustain 7 billion people. Its not a perfect system, but it developed out of key problems the ideal of class treason doesn't address.
quadanar 1 year ago
@CrystalHunter1989 contradicting. bare necessities would mean you need companionship which totally make that "individual" need something else.
TimeManInJail 1 year ago
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So would most, I'd guess - I sure would. Too bad for property taxes and the strategic limiting of energy alternatives...
People must establish activities and lifestyles that exist as separate from the imposed regimen, and that do not require any input or assistance from those attempting to forcefully cultivate debt-based consuming laborers.
But - people are naturally NATURAL, and I think they're aware that the imposed system is unhealthy, unsustainable, and unenjoyable.
continuityofliberty 1 year ago
@CrystalHunter1989 So why aren't you?
OHT53 11 months ago
@CrystalHunter1989 It'd be nice if a self sustaining farm left you time to afford such luxuries as writing books and playing guitar all day. I don't think you've thought through what work it would take to be truely self sustaining. I think we've lost sight of how much we truely benefit from such an advanced society as ours. A pencil, paper, and guitar don't qualify as 'bare necesities'. Water, food, shelter, and clothing, take a lot more effort than you think to sustain the existence of.
RichardRoy2 3 months ago
We are are individuals working according to our impulses and thoughts, be they self-interest, altruism or some combination of both. Institutions within society are not all at fault nor are they all blameless because they are not simple entities. Class treason is not truly possible since there is no obvious class and neither can you truly get out of what class there is. There is no way to escape the inherent flaws of humanity or human society because we're all human. (Good show, btw.)
mjthomas43 1 year ago
This seems a rather simplistic way of looking at the horrors of the world. In fact, there seems to be a contradiction: people cannot be constantly self-interested AND non-thinking/critical. The truth is much more subtle, I think. We are all part of the "system" - no one can be outside of the system enough to not have their thinking affected by it - but the complicated part is that there really is NO system. There's no common goal made by all or even the majority.
mjthomas43 1 year ago
Classification and categorization is a counter-productive attribute? That's pretty much the most important way our brains work. We organize, therefore we think. Yes, classification separates but it also makes the external data manageable.
mjthomas43 1 year ago
What happens when you're in college?
Maybe you study medicine/engineering or some set of skills which will help people around the world. I doubt you'll find many AIDs vaccine researchers who didn't go to college.
Aerosteon 1 year ago
daisy seemed to be reading a book whilst talking. a particularly spectral presence in this spectral episode.
In their list of class traeason they left out one of its most virulent forms, the International Solidarity Movement, where people go to stand between the oppressed and the guns and bombs and bulldozers aimed at them. Like Rachel Corrie, whom you could google.
worsethanamistake 1 year ago
oh she said anti-brown children, but its a cat. heres a thing with 7:00 is it neccsary for students to listen to somebody talk & lecture. ANY subject can be partially learned through books, don't under-estimate the power of the written word.
i like the cat with one eye, what he says makes alot of sense
Wolfsbane909 1 year ago
yeap his daisy a very wise cat!!!
stjimy 1 year ago
The criticism of university is a tricky subject. While it may be valid, college is often the place that people discover the imbalances that exist in the world. Those that don't go to college are, from my experience, the most likely to have blind faith in the existing system. The post-war generation was the first were a significant percentage went to college. This is the generation that started thinking like this program, and seriously questioned the Vietnam war.
Libertyjack1 1 year ago
@Libertyjack1 University is often the place that PRIVILEGED people discover the imbalances that exist. Those that don't go to college are primarily from marginalized groups who are well aware of the imbalances, for example, that which makes higher education something that is restricted to those who already have class privilege. They can not even choose to have faith in the existing system, because they are the least likely to have ever seen it work to their advantage.
bintalshamsa 1 year ago
22:14 LOL
TrickyEmu 1 year ago
I hate her voice, but the words are true.
ThePaleWriter 1 year ago
Daisy is great too!!!
stjimy 1 year ago
Bunny is great!!!!!
stjimy 1 year ago
I don't know if I correctly understand your point, Pinky. It seems you're asking a bit too much for us mere mortals... or maybe I'm just stupid.
yusukeshinyama 1 year ago
yeahh ur right maybe u are just an stupid!!!
stjimy 1 year ago
And what is with the hollowed out comment about inner city crime? (I hear you snoring) that is the Same thought processes that perpetuate uneven landscapes and wrong doing, while you looking in the mirror and telling yourself that you are intelligent but in reality you don't have a clue as I stand strunken and minute on the floor next to the table where you and yours keep gorging your self on the lion share. I struggle for scraps, the scraps create the need for crime.
DeMarPicaso 1 year ago
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This sort of movement will take great courage that most will never dream of having or displaying. The current system of societal and governmental operations has consisted of the fundemental Genocide of the Native people and has continued unhindered, while reservations, ghettos, suburbs, and racial steering are the actions of Jim Crow America gone delta force (rouge, and off the grid). Poverty, and scapegoating are functional. It will take drastic individual sacrifice to see real change.
DeMarPicaso 1 year ago
Very closely argued thank you. I like how you challenge or question the "left" opponents of corporate hegemony that work from within these institutions. I never understood why how Noam Chomsky could work within the dominant paradigm, namely MIT, and still retain any sincerity and commitment to his ideas.
canaan1967 1 year ago
as always stimulating...
But apart from posting cartoons on youtube and/or keeping a blog and/or writing articles for left-wing websites (which I do) what are us yupee left-wingers with jobs supposed to do?
The most interesting part was the alternative educational system ideas... but this is not a fresh idea and as they kind of admit at the end they haven't put any breakthrough ideas about it in this episode..
AustinGerassimos 1 year ago
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Did this cat just imply that we should stop working.. "just because"?
Very logical.. pass the crack rock.
HannibalFL86 1 year ago
I am very happy that you guys are talking about this.
This is 'the' core issue of all problems, and also the problem of creating a so-called utopia.
It is not just the environment we grow up in, just as much as it is not just coincidences.
It is not society which shapes its inhabitants, its the living beings who shapes society.
There can be no universal peace on earth before all of man have grown out of their childish ignorance and naivety.
Gasoline will never stop a fire
Nabo00o 1 year ago
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Yeah Pinky....needs a LOT more work. As much as I would love to live in the world you want to create, there would always be the snake getting into the garden. It's human nature to compete, to win, to perform better then others. No matter what you teach, it's in our DNA and would raise it's ugly head sooner or later...sorry :(
But don't stop dreaming just because it'll never happen.
BadBunnyRides 1 year ago
And that's only ONE of a MYRIAD of fundamental assumptions that everybody (privileged) relies on to live day to day in comfort.
Challenging those ideas is intellectually very fascinating, but to eliminate the detrimental framework of misguided values in society, you will encounter fanatical resistance, because people build whole lives of material comforts and pleasures at the benefit of those.
I don't know what to do to change peoples' values, but it seems like it's something really important.
ZombieRabite 1 year ago
... like, if you can't own land, then you can't own the tree on that land, and you can't own the fruit on that tree. If no one owns it, then who gets to eat it? How can you decide fairly, and without resorting back to violence, and then building the system all over again under which people own things based on their ability to keep it to themselves?
We've decided you can't own humans, but other life is still ownable: the tree, and the fruit. Say you eat the fruit. Then do you own it?
ZombieRabite 1 year ago 8
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Unless you distribute the fruit trees evenly, there will be fighting over who owns more fruit trees....
Fighting over property occur both when a culture owns property, and when they don't (native tribes still fought).
Fighting occurs when a culture teaches that ownership of property is more important than other human beings, and it occurs when someone fails to recognize the human rights of others, when someone sees another as different and deserving of violence.
darrenmmurtha 1 year ago
@ZombieRabite Our current Command Economy system, owns people directly. It is a high tec replay of the Roman LATIFUNDIUM system.
centurion180ad 1 year ago
(inued) The notion that people can own things is such a fundamental assumption that a huge majority of people never even think about what owning something means. And, well... What does it mean to own something, anyway? You're capable of keeping it to yourself while defending it from others by means of violence and coercion? Sure, today in the USA we have the police to do that defending for us. But then if you reject the notion of ownership, all sorts of problems arise...
ZombieRabite 1 year ago
To actually inspire the kind of positive change that we are fantasizing about would require people to question things that are such fundamental assumptions in their every day life that doubting them as something good or necessary is very difficult, maybe even psychologically damaging, initially, and that act of questioning is almost always immediately rejected as ridiculous, philosophical and useless, unrelated to the realities of life. For example (cont)
ZombieRabite 1 year ago
I'm so torn between thinking that social change for the better of the world (all life, and even non-living things) is impossible; or, thinking how imminently possible it is. It's like, we're SO close to being good people who live in a sustainable natural environment and don't hurt and destroy each other, or other things... And all we have to do is change everything about what we value and how we behave.
"Oh, is that all we have to do?"
ZombieRabite 1 year ago
I'm very discouraged right now.
I know that the way to making a better and more egalitarian world is for individuals to be better and more egalitarian. No one can impose fairness and empathy and selflessness and cooperation. For societies to have those qualities, each individual in the society has to have those qualities.
The problem, of course, is that you can't rely on people to help someone else at the expense of their own comforts and conveniences. Greed is consistent. You can rely on it.
ZombieRabite 1 year ago 2
College can teach one things. Youtube was created at Stanford, so was Ebay, etc.
batflies 2 years ago
There is a constant evolution of thought in all of earth's habitants. But no single person or group can force the rest of our world to live in a society which is beyond our current development.
Only when the majority is ready for it, will the global situation change Pinky. Till then we can all help, but we can not force...
Nabo00o 2 years ago
OOPS favorited and 5 starred this before it was half way done ;-D
MrLesWhite 2 years ago
just a thought. darwin was cited many times in this conversation. darwin was just another boy trying to impress his forebearers, in my opinion, he was not as couragous as we may think.
"Crime is minimum in the country side because the people have the right to bear arms". i disagree. there is more opportunity for humanity within a 'countryside'. More 'wonderment' more joy. Those whom i have met within inner cities dont see joy and beauty as 'we' do.
TheBlueMidKnight 2 years ago
seals and penguins dont like polar bears
robertwc82 2 years ago
Heute, am Samstag, den 6.2.2010 findet in München eine G R O S S D E M O gegen die N A T O - Sicherheitskonferenz statt. Am Marienplatz und 13 Uhr !!!
Mantu089 2 years ago
Polar bears don't drown!
TheTruthHurts732 2 years ago
@TheTruthHurts732 Yes, they do The chunks of ice that they use in traveling to be able to rest melt and they are forced to swim in the open ocean so long, that they can't rest and down For instance, if you made a person swim out in the ocean or had them tread water, with no where to swim to, to take a rest, they'll drown
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
@TheTruth... What z90Oo... says is right. The polar caps are melting like they never did before.
The way polar bears hunt is waiting until seals stick their head through a breathing hole. Seals can't swim under water without taking a breath every 15 min. or so. Thus, when there's more ice than water, the breathing hole is a life saver.
But what happens when the ice is gone and there are no breathing holes needed? Polar bears starve or swim for days, until they drown at sea!
Smirnoff71 2 years ago
Amazing! These are the types of things that go through my head every day.
ostroucl 2 years ago
pinky, you are so lovely. much much love. kiss kiss.
oliver00123 2 years ago
How about a voluntary society, a gift economy, resources used to feed, clothe and shelter everyone first and foremost. Volunteer teachers and students, both are there to share and learn.
A central job bank to dispatch work assignments. Short terms like a year or less, short work days like four or five hours and banked hours earns access to more perks like bigger dwellings, skiing holidays and the like.
Have closet sized sleeping rooms for all and food dispensers for nutritious subsistence
Slavestorms 2 years ago
Things have been so weird lately, what with growing up... I need videos like this to remind me that even in the egotistical teens, I don't have to be the victim of a materialistic world.
Don't stop now, Pinky, you are so inspiring!
PerianArdocyl 2 years ago 3
well it really made me think about some things, some agreeable and some disagreeable but at the end of the day, life is what you make it.
972trev 2 years ago
@972trev Not if it's micromanaged and controlled That's not living, and that's what we're all in
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
You're a unique voice in so many ways Pinky. Even if people agree or disagree, you're still making people think and talk about the situation at hand. It's an engaging argument. Bravo.
unomiel 2 years ago 3
tribe mentality
qbslug 2 years ago
there is way of thinking that has been dulled over time. i thank the creators of this short who have reinvigorated thoughts of my own as a younger person. thoughts that led me to leave university after a few months of attending that dance. as awe inspiring as it was, filled with; beauty, peril, love and joy, it left a spot within my heart not soon forgoten. Classify as some of you may, justify actions as some of you will, please only remember that hope never dies, it only hopes.
TheBlueMidKnight 2 years ago
i would say this is bordering on communism but then i don't exactly agree in democracy either. someone reply to both my comments plz. im confused. WHAT DO WE DO???
super3slug 2 years ago
*Communism can be democratic, and in theory is supposed to be.
jamalXIX 2 years ago
i didnt know that thank you
super3slug 2 years ago
1. the dumb will die out (hopefully)
and only the smart will live and survive,
or
2.the smart teach the dumb (kind of impossible)
i pick 1
xxCesarxxOJxx 2 years ago
False Dichotomy You're doing it right.
sabertooth1980 2 years ago
@xxCesarxxOJxx Dumb is a point of view and it's also created Someone who is "dumb" is a victim of the system Same as someone who believes their smart, is also a victim, in thinking that they are brighter, since it was due to advantages they have and things they were taught, or had the ability to see None of us are actually "smart" nor "dumb" You can be ignorant, or perhaps arrogant, or just not care That doesn't make you stupid
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
"... is everybody crazy?"
nope we are all human ,stupid and ignorant til the end. except the privilidged few which have to suffer the incompitence and after effects of the ignorant.
super3slug 2 years ago
That concept of classes instantly dehumanizes, suddenly its justified to disregard the feelings and ideas [ and someday, who knows, physical integrity] of some people ,because bah, they're part of that malevolent class. Another way of dehumanizing is to promote the "brainwash", to say that people are acting this way because they were "trained" that way, robots, drones. Class treason is part of class struggle and some adepts of those concepts will excuse violent acts, calling it "doing something"
mcasual 2 years ago
Hopefully you are not assuming that does not go on already, be it in the form of acceptable "collateral damage" in resource plunder (unless it was purely accidental that the U.S. rewrote Iraqi law to let foreign business raid the nation), or in acceptable death tolls due to air pollution (16k+ per annum in Canada). While the bottom or the middle may not believe in class or class warfare, the top is always busy fighting it.
TonyKaku 2 years ago
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mcasual 2 years ago
Capitalism is incompatible because it requires shrewd behavior on the corporations part of always producing high profit margins. . It doesn't matter if something is produced in the US or in The Philippines , labor us cheapr in Philippines but just because company "A" now manufactures products in a new place you are assuming they will lower cost of goods or keep goods cheap, you are sadly mistaken. You don't win they do , by giving them selves new raises and increasing there stock value.
timtag27 2 years ago
Capitalism is incompatible with justice and compassion, but you don't elaborate on why you believe this is true (I don't necessarily disagree). The statement implies that non-capitalistic systems are naturally just and compassionate, but I tend to think human nature subverts any "system." Excellent video.
Barnekkid 2 years ago
@Barnekkid They probably mean that Capitalism is unfair, because of the idea that it's all for you And, they mention capitalism, to my guess, because it's probably the most influential system in the world ... Hence why America is called "The land of oppertunity" You have a slim chance of becoming that perfect citizen with the white picket fence, two kids, a dog and a few cars, through the work and buying and consuming then dieing Which in turn, others decide to copy cuz America is "rich"
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
While you ponder the answer, Obama is becoming Bush X 1.5 and has just cleared the Bush Torturers of wrongdoing and the Reich Wing is becoming very sophisticated in its use of media to assassinate its opponents, figuratively. They don't need to use real bullets anymore it seems. Suggestion: identify your enemies and smear them with creative media techniques. Disseminate the smear widely. But recall, Fox News is VERY popular.
kassandrasduplex 2 years ago
This video makes one really pensive. Thank you!
Shogunlaw 2 years ago
The world is a harsh place and we humans survived the wild by cooperating with each other, starting with small groups. Basically socialism was the key to survival when it comes to small groups, but since we today live in gigantic groups of millions, other large groups have become a "liability" to the groups survival.
Simply put, we humans are still a bunch of animals willing to kill others to keep our SUV's and Iphones, thinking this will ensure our survivability... and this will never change!
Smirnoff71 2 years ago 2
@Smirnoff71 Our environment xploits our "survival" instinct In the end, we're all only actually scared of humiliation, and starvation In otherwards, mental and physical torture You don't have enough money to eat, you'll starve If everyone around you has more then you, you're humiliated It's not actually about that cell, car, house It's all about being degraded to where everyone seems to think you're worthless Which can change, because we DO have enough to feed all people ect
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
@ z90Oo... Our environment will exploit your vices and most of the time, this has nothing to do with survival and that's the problem with western civilizations.
We're bombarded by advertisements our whole life, starting as an invent. We are conditioned to believe lies and mistrust the truth and in the process lose our ability to distinguish what we want or what we NEED!
If you're unable to support the group, you're a "liability"! It's barbaric, but that's seems to be universal force of nature!
Smirnoff71 2 years ago
Why is it a universal force of nature? Animals really are in a envoirnment that contains scarcity Humans, have been able to "evolve" or learn whatever ideaological metaphor you want to use, to be able to create abundance for all of us, yet, we with hold it generally from those who need it most Under the assumption that they are worthless and deserve to die
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
Not only this, but even if you don't have this belief and you think people are equal, you're forced to live in a system, which essentially makes you a unintentional murderer and xploiter, based on the fact that you need money for actual needs (water, food, shelter ect) and wants so you can feel like you're privledged
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
Take any ideology and you'll see that the universal force of nature is having it's effects. In religion, politics and economics it is always about the one beating the other. And doing so, hoping to ensure the survival of the most fit.
People that do not have a positive effect on the group's survivability will perish and you can see that in every species.
Helping every soul in need only seems to worsen the human effect on our planet, because they all want a TV and see commercials and sitcoms!
Smirnoff71 2 years ago
Personally, even though I myself am religious, or at least raised under that doctrination, I think both religion, politics and economics are BS They all unfortunately support the system that causes the issues we all hate and talk about for forever - I think that's why Darwinism is pushed to much now in schools It's so people can say "Well, they weren't born with a pretty nose, so they suck and will die" It's BS and only furthers propoganda True animals may have this, but we're not them, we're us
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
bravo!
maunaowakea777 2 years ago
Good video, lots of interesting social comment, but.....
"drowning Polar Bears" ????
Polar bears can swim. They can swim for miles and miles. What is making them drown?
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I agree on points about humanity, hunger, education, etc. However, the polar bear population is growing not shrinking and I haven't heard of any polar bears drowning -- except here.
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ThunderDog97 2 years ago
@ThunderDog97 The ice is melting, polar bears used those peices of ice in the water to rest on and then continue their journey If they have nothing to take a break on, and are forced to keep swimming longer then they physically can, they'll drown
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago
@z90
I hear your point and appreciate that there may be a rare time when this may happen. Animals die due to mistakes they make from time to time and I will not argue that point.
However;
1) Polar bears are known to be able to swim for 60 miles in one go.
2) Polar bear population has grown from 5,000 to 25,000 in the last couple decades.
Just a couple of facts for the discussion.
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ThunderDog97 2 years ago
P.S. - I am against polluting the earth beyond all recognition.
Having said that; I am also against any group using propaganda to achieve financial gains - a la "Man-made climate change" to tax the masses.
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Make the biggest offenders - Corporations - pay for the cleanup of the mess that they have made globally. They seem to have a lot of money to buy politicians, let them pay for the cleanup of the planet instead.
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ThunderDog97 2 years ago
Oh, really? That I didn't know All I know is that the polar bears have drowned The increase in population maybe a direct result of that Polar bears see the decline in their speices and try to mate like rabbits to compensate for losses
I totally agree with making the corporations cleanup for the messes they cause, but here's the thing, they profit off of those messes They don't care, they're not going to All they think of is instant gratification and profit, no matter what the cost
z90OoAluYsioNoO09z 2 years ago